But serious time now: it's just a disease that creates small (somewhat adorable) creatures. Is it really all that dangerous? Is it really necessary to sedate the kittens? They don't seem dangerous. Might make more sense if they transmitted the disease themselves somehow.

They do transmit the disease, in the same way other animals transmit normal flu strains. The kittens are sedated so that they wouldn't run around and scratch things, potentially compromising the biosafety procedures and infecting researchers with the virus.

The core concept ("kitten flu") is surreal in that "uh, what?" way that confuses me rather than impresses me, but the fact that this guy was making furniture out of kittens that grew from his own body is pretty damn horrific.

I mean, think about how small a kitten is. Now think about how many kitten spines it would take to make a single table leg. Now think about how many times he had to "birth" new product. Undernourishment, indeed.

I like it, and I'm glad Drewbear pointed out the tableware/furniture point. I feel dense having missed it.

However, I still feel like this one doesn't quite live up to its own potential as an idea. It's short, and it's at least partially effective in its brevity (I'm not left with any loose ends) but my curiosity is piqued and I want to know more about it.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp I'm confused. The part of me that says "OMFG KYOOT AN GOOSHY KITTIES ALL MY PLUS!" is arguing with the part that says "RAWR SCP NOT CUTE AND FUZZY DOWNVOTE!"
In turn, the argument spreads to "You can't downvote a kitty YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD CAKE!"